Reel Corner - November 2014

How Well Do You Know Your Movie Politics?

There’s more to November than Thanksgiving and leaves changing. It is the month that also brings politics into the spotlight, culminating with the final word, Election Day. Politics, politicians and political personalities have long provided an interesting platform for the big screen. Following is a quiz to test your political film knowledge. From fun to fanatical, these movies spur emotion and get movie viewers thinking. Good luck!

In the movie In the Line Of Fire, Clint Eastwood’s character, Frank Horrigan, protected the largely unseen president. What was the code name he used for the president?a) Eagle b) Traveler c) Iron Horse d) Stallion

The classic movie quotation, “Gentlemen, you can’t fight in here! This is the War Room” was spoken what president in Dr. Strangelove?a) Stewart Q. Gimbleston b) Markin Muffleyc) McKinnley Abraham Johnson d) Roger S. Wimperson

Which of the following presidents did Forrest Gump not meet in this Oscar winning film?a) John F. Kennedy b) Dwight D. Eisenhower c) Richard Nixon d) Lyndon B. Johnson

Andrew Shepherd, the title character in The American President played by Michael Douglas, was a widower. What was the name of his daughter?a) Abigail b) Theresa c) Lucy d) Amanda

Dastardly Elliott Carver plans to blackmail the President of the United States with a video of him cuddling with a cheerleader in a motel room in which James Bond film?a) GoldenEye b) Tomorrow Never Dies c) Casino Royale d) Die Another DayWhat actor played the President in White House Down?a) Bruce Willis b) Christian Bales c) Jamie Foxx d) Tom CruiseA former Korean War POW is brainwashed by Communists to become a political assassin in what film?a) The Conformist b) Seven Days in May c) Black Hawk Down d) The Manchurian CandidateA bookish CIA researcher finds all his co-workers dead and must outwit those responsible until he figures out who he can really trust. Name the movie.a) Seven Days in May b) Three Days of the Condor c) The Hunt for Red October d) World War Z

A naive man is appointed to fill a vacancy in the U.S. Senate. His plans promptly collide with political corruption, but he doesn’t back down. Name the movie.a) The Pentagon Papers b) All’s Fair in Love and Warc) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington d) Being There